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Climate & environment - Nov 25
Energy Bulletin - — ... homepage Monbiot: The planet is now so vandalised that only total energy renewal can save us George Monbiot, Guardian It may be too late. But without radical action, we will be the generation that saved the banks and let the biosphere collapse --- ... The costs of a total energy replacement and conservation plan would be astronomical, the speed improbable. But the governments of the rich nations have already deployed a scheme like this for another purpose. A survey by the broadcasting network CNBC suggests that the US federal government has now spent $4.2 trillion in ...

George Monbiot is Arguing with Me…That Has to be Good
Casaubon's Book — ... The words “holy crap” were pretty much the first ones to my lips this morning, when several people sent me George Monbiot’s latest column www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/25/climate-change-carbon-emissions ...

George Monbiot is Arguing with Me…That Has to be Good
Energy Bulletin - — The words “holy crap” were pretty much the first ones to my lips this morning, when several people sent me George Monbiot’s latest column www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/25/climate-change-carbon-emissions He writes: The costs of a total energy replacement and conservation plan would be astronomical, the speed improbable. But the governments of the rich nations have already deployed a scheme like this for another purpose. A survey by the broadcasting network CNBC suggests that the US federal government has now spent $4.2 trillion in response to the financial crisis, ...

Monbiot: "Bush and his pollutocrats wreak havoc"
Globalisation and the Environment — ... of human civilisation across much of the planet. Is this acceptable? So even if we manage to make Brown's cuts human civilisation will still collapse - hmmm. There is however a serious point. The Bush midnight regulations need to be looked at carefully. Obama should still be able to reverse anything too controversial under existing legislation but Bush is clearly putting as much through as possible hoping that at least some of it will stick. The planet is now so vandalised that only total energy renewal can save us [Guardian] ...

Save the economy, and the planet
Ecoearth.info Blog — ... - The coal question , Various [ search ] 26/11/2008 - Greenland gambles on warmer, richer climate , Nature [ search ] 25/11/2008 - MP lays out his opposition to climate bill , Business Green [ search ] 25/11/2008 - United Kingdom: Climate law 'could cost billions' , BBC [ search ] 25/11/2008 - Bad Economy Threatens Obama's Climate Fix | Audio , National Public Radio [ search ] 25/11/2008 - The planet is now so vandalised that only total energy renewal can save us , Guardian [ ...

Sustainability News Headlines - 11/28/2008
Conservation Value Notes — News of Sustainability Benefiting People Today We Must Plan a Survival Strategy For Our Species New Scientist, 11/28 World On Cusp of Clean Tech Revolution: Merril Lynch Canada.com, 11/28 George Monbiot: The Planet Is So Vandalized That Only Total Energy Renewal Can Save Us The Guardian, 11/28 Now Is the Time to Get the Energy Equation Right Miami Herald, 11/28 A Resilient Suburbia: Weighing the Potential for Self-Sufficiency The Oil Drum, 11/28 With Gas ...

Wherein I Weigh In on the Astyk/Monbiot Debate
arduous blog — ... If you haven't read the discussion, you really should (here and here) but I'll summarize quickly. Basically, Monbiot favors a technological green deal, while Sharon argues that the costs for such a green deal come with “an enormous front-load of fossil fuels." Because Sharon doesn't believe we can afford, both financially and climactically, such an expenditure, she instead favors a 5 year plan of personal reduction of carbon emissions. She writes, "This is a drum I keep beating, not because I wish to undermine efforts to expand renewable energy, but because I think living ...